Despite the phenomenal rise of sophisticated social networking tools on land, e-mail remains one of the most accessible forms of electronic communication for crew working at sea and wanting to stay in touch with their friends and family on shore. While it may not be as flashy as Facebook and others, e-mail does have several key characteristics making it particularly suited to the maritime environment. Firstly, it functions well as a polled service and therefore does not require an always on con....

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